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Old 11-02-2010, 06:42 AM   #37
Randall Lim
Dojo: Tendoryu Aikido Singapore
Location: Singapore
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Re: BJJ players shows weakness in this street fight

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Chris Evans wrote: View Post
If your're ambushed then you retreat. If you can not prevent violence then defuse it, but If it must be then it must be worth fighting for (a.k.a. "self-defense") with all that you have, worth the risk of life-time of injury, disability, or death.

So, then if you must fight, "hit" hard first. If they take you down you get up. Ideally you'll have to "hit" with penetrating bullets, along with a CCW Permit, or sharp knife or a small baseball bat, or cane, etc. -- an effective weapon.

If all you have is empty hands then hit hard and break the felons' will and means of violence.

Now, try to survive the law (criminal and tort) and any revenge attacks to you or your dependents.

Aikido's sounding pretty useful, and so is Judo or Jiujitsu, but Karate (gungfu) offers techniques at the furtherest contact distance, esp. with leg or knee kicks.

There is no honor in fighting, there's only degrees of survival. But there is honor in deterring a fight through Budo preparation.

Aikido is one among an array of good Budo, assuming, you have a practical instructor and handful of advanced students that can handle pain and fear in training, just like any other Budo art.

Delusionary mindsets and practices abound, esp. among the more "educated." I must admit though, BJJ people seems to be among the most grounded (no pun intended).
Aikido's philosophy, or any other true Budo, is to protect your enemy or leave him unharmed even while defending from his attacks.

This is of a very high calling, thus extremely difficult to achieve unless one has reached spiritual enlightenment.
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